Two men have been jailed for a minimum of 30 years each today (April 30) after murdering a 35-year-old drug dealer at his flat.

Sunny Eze was stabbed four times at his home in Vyvyan House, Campbell Close, Shooters Hill, on March 4 last year.

Michael Henry, aged 39, from Brixton, and Mark Brown, aged 35, from Thornton Heath, were found guilty of his murder on April 1.

Giving them life sentences at the Old Bailey, Judge Paul Worsely said: “I've detected no flicker of remorse from either of you.”

The pair had met up near Woolwich Town Hall with Mr Eze and his friend before travelling back to their victim's home to do a drugs deal.

They were followed in a separate car by three of the killers' friends, acting as a “back-up team”, the court heard.

Once there, Brown produced a gun, demanding the drugs from Mr Eze.

But the dealer refused and he and his friend were forced to the kitchen floor.

Mr Eze tried to wrestle the gun from Brown's grip and, as the two struggled, Henry seized a knife from the kitchen and repeatedly stabbed him.

The judge said: “You stabbed him at least four times in the back with such severe force that the knife passed through bone.”

Finding the front door locked, Brown and Henry summoned their friends who broke down the door and helped the killers escape.

The judge said the crack cocaine they stole had a street value of around £25,000.

They also took cash, mobile phones, a laptop and the weapons.

The gun and knife have never been recovered.

Brown handed himself into police weeks later as the net was closing in.

But Henry, who left his mobile phone at the scene, went on the run for six months, spending part of the time at a flat in West Norwood under a false name.

He was eventually caught following an extensive manhunt and an appeal on the BBC's Crimewatch.

The court heard that neither man had previous convictions but during the trial Brown admitted dealing drugs earlier in his life.

The pair were also convicted of robbery and Brown was found guilty of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. No separate sentence was passed for these offences.